Considering a Biologic

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Wondering if a biologic is right for you?
We’ve Been There

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Jill
Moderate to Severe Crohn’s Disease Patient

Jill:
The first time that I heard about biologics was with my doctor. We had had a conversation because I had exhausted a number of therapies at that point. I was very interested in finding out how this was gonna be different from the other therapies I had started…the steroids and the immunosuppressives.

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Jim
Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis Patient

Jim:
I had not heard the term biologics before. It was something completely new to me.

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Lauren
Moderate to Severe Crohn’s Disease Patient

Lauren:
My doctor did bring up biologics to me many times before I was really ready to commit to doing them, and he was very patient with me waiting for me to catch up with him.

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Celeste
Moderate to Severe Crohn’s Disease Patient

Celeste:
After we realized the steroids weren’t working, I went to see my GI. And we sat down and we started talking about next steps and he said that a biologic was definitely in my future.

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Maria
Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis Patient

Maria:
With the UC symptoms going on and the same symptoms coming back, I decided, you know, it is time. It is time to find something new, something that may actually help.

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Did your doctor talk to you about the possible side effects of a biologic?

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Amie
Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis Patient

Amie:
My doctor did discuss side effects with me. He discussed all of the positives and the negatives of going on a biologic, and together…we made the decision that it was right for me.

Lauren:
Yeah, I didn’t know if a biologic would work for me, but after talking with my doctor about the risks and benefits, I decided I need to try and explore that.

Jim:
For me it was part of that not giving up process where this is just one more thing I can try, and so I wanted to give it a try.

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Niki
Moderate to Severe Crohn’s Disease Patient

Niki:
Because he presented both sides and the entire story, I knew exactly what I was getting into when I said yes, let’s try HUMIRA.

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HUMIRA Use for Crohn’s Disease

HUMIRA is a prescription medicine used to reduce signs and symptoms, and to achieve and maintain clinical remission in adults with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease who have not responded well to certain other medications. HUMIRA is also used to reduce signs and symptoms and achieve clinical remission in these adults who have also lost response to or are unable to tolerate infliximab.

HUMIRA Use for Ulcerative Colitis

HUMIRA is a prescription medicine used in adults to help get moderate to severe ulcerative colitis under control (induce remission) and keep it under control (sustain remission) when certain other medicines have not worked well enough. It is not known if HUMIRA is effective in people who stopped responding to or could not tolerate anti-TNF medicines.

Please see Safety Considerations next.

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SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS

Serious infections have happened in people taking HUMIRA. These serious infections include tuberculosis (TB) and infections caused by viruses, fungi, or bacteria that have spread throughout the body. Some people have died from these infections. HUMIRA may increase the chance of getting lymphoma, including a rare kind, or other cancers. HUMIRA can cause serious side effects including hepatitis B infection in carriers of the virus, allergic reactions, nervous system problems, blood problems, heart failure, certain immune reactions including a lupus-like syndrome, liver problems, and new or worsening psoriasis.

Please see additional Important Safety Information on this web page.

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